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Disabling Dial-up and Proxy
1.Usually you can determine if you are running firewall software by looking in the systems tray. This is located in your lower right-hand side of your screen. Most common firewall software applications are Zone Alarm, Black Ice Defender, Norton, and McAfee. If you want to disable these, you can usually right-click these icons and look for a menu that gives you an option to EXIT, SHUT DOWN or CLOSE.
2.If you have a Dial-up and/or proxy server connection, you can disable this by launching your Internet Explorer browser. Click on the "Stop" icon (marked by a circle with a check mark). Then, click on "Tools" and select "Internet Options". You will see several tabs at the top of this window. Click on the "Connections" tab. Now you should various radio buttons to choose from. Select “Never dial a connection”. To disable your proxy server, click on the "LAN Settings" button. This will open a window called Local Area Network Settings properties. Make sure that absolutely nothing is checked.
